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From: "Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen" <newsgroups@ceejay.cjb.nOt>
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Subject: Re: [pic] echidna
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 22:25:51 +0200
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> >[snip]
> >
> >But what /is/ an echidna? I've never heard of it.
> >To me it looks a bit like an aardhedgehog.
>
> It's like a hedgehog except it's from Australia and has a long snout
> and tongue for eating ants and stuff iirc.

Isn't it also known as an Anteater ( or ant-eater ) ?
If it's the little ( and sometimes not so little ) animal with spikes and a
REALLY long and very pink tongue that eats ants, termites and the like then it's
called a "Myresluger" in danish which mean exactly "Anteater"
Myre = Ant
Sluge = Swallow / eat / gobble up

Sluger = thing that swallows or action : to swallow

F.x "Hun sluger" = She swallows ;)

BTW Absolutely excellent artwork Andreas !